All Seven UW Boats Through To Finals At San Diego Crew Classic

Saturday, March 28

San Diego, Calif.

10:00 AM PT

University of Washington

San Diego Crew Classic

Photo by: Grace Mackinlay

All Seven UW Boats Through To Finals At San Diego Crew Classic

March 28, 2026 | Women's Rowing

Schedule/Results Live Video

SAN DIEGO – The No. 4-ranked Washington women's rowing team saw all seven of its crews earn spots in grand finals, on day one of the San Diego Crew Classic, Saturday morning on Mission Bay. Those seven will all race for trophies on Sunday.

Washington brought seven crews to the annual event – four eight-oared crews and three fours. The first and second varsity eights both rowed in heats (where only the top finishers moved on to finals) while the others all competed in preliminary races, with all crews through to the final. Two of the five events in which the Huskies competed included two Washington entries.

In the Huskies' first race of the day, a heat in the varsity eight Jessop-Whittier Cup, the Huskies and old rival California raced out well ahead of the other three crews, with the UW eight in front throughout.

In the final portion of the race, Cal gave the Huskies a test, but Washington hung on to win by about three seats. The UW time was 6:35.693, a little over a second ahead of the Golden Bears' 6:36.847. Third-place Sacramento State was another 30 seconds back.

The Karen Plumleigh Cortney Cup, for varsity fours, featured eight crews in a preliminary race, with all eight advancing to Sunday's final.

The lead was shared throughout by UW and Texas, but the Longhorns moved into the front in the third 500 and held on for a win, with a time of 7:40.687. UW was finished comfortably in second, at 7:46.393, about six seconds in front of third-place Cal.

The Jackie Ann Stitt Hungness Trophy heat, for second varsity eights, featured another four-boat field. It was another two-boat race, however, as Washington and California quickly moved well in front.

Washington led from wire-to-wire and won with a time of 7:00.751, and crossed with a bit of open water ahead of California (7:04.622).

The College B 4+ race was another preliminary race, with all eight entries going through to the final. Washington entered both its second and third varsity fours in the race, as it did last year, when UW finished in the top-two places in the event.

In Saturday's prelim, UW's two crews quickly moved to the front off the pack, with a four from California in between. Those three raced the entire course in those positions, and Washington's second varsity four won the race in 8:02.062. Cal was second (8:07.984) and UW's 3V4+ was third, in 8:15.483.

In the day's final race, Washington's third and four varsity eights raced in a six-boat field in the preliminary of the Carley Copley Open 8+. Texas won that prelim, in 7:15.612, with California (7:24.513) second. Washington's third varsity eight (7:27.521) and fourth varsity eight (7:30.549) took third and fourth, well ahead of UCLA and UCSD.

On Sunday, Washington will vie for trophies in all five of its race categories. The first women's collegiate grand final of the day, the varsity eight Jessop-Whitter Cup, begins at 9:23 a.m. PT.

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VARSITY EIGHT
Shell: Jan Harville
Cox: Izzy Michaelson (Everett, Wash.)
Stroke: Violet Holbrow Brooksbank (Monmouth, Wales, U.K.)
7: Cait Whittard (St. Catharine's, Ontario, Canada)
6: Jess Weir (London, England, U.K.)
5: Aisha Rocek (Como, Italy)
4: Jayna Palmer (Truckee, Calif.)
3: Cillian Mullen (Tacoma, Wash.)
2: Zola Kemp (Wellington, New Zealand)
Bow: Mira Calder (Victoria, B.C., Canada)

SECOND VARSITY EIGHT
Shell: Dottie Simpson
Cox: Perry McLoughlin (Port Washington, N.Y.)
Stroke: Issy Melville (Hamilton, New Zealand)
7: Emily Myers (Oxford, England, U.K.)
6: Chloe Sheppard (Tewkesbury, England, U.K.)
5: Kalee Verd (Olympia, Wash.)
4: Grace Worthington (Grand Haven, Mich.)
3: Amelia Westbrook (Lincoln, England, U.K.)
2: Sofia Suhinin (Adelaide, Australia)
Bow: Katie Gardner (Cowbridge, Wales, U.K.)

FIRST VARSITY FOUR
Shell: Coleen Lynch
Stroke: Carmel Bollag (Seattle, Wash.)
3: Emily Downing (Marlow, England, U.K.)
2: Margaret Young (San Anselmo, Calif.)
Bow: Jordan Freer (Lotus, Calif.)
Cox: Camille Randall (Seattle, Wash.)

SECOND VARSITY FOUR
Shell: Paula Mitchell
Stroke: Sofie Sand (Rochester, Wash.)
3: Cami Martin (Seattle, Wash.)
2: Nienke Overgoor (Bunnik, Netherlands)
Bow: Ella Bayer (Olympia, Wash.)
Cox: Taylor Inouye (Kailua, Hawai'i)

THIRD VARSITY FOUR
Shell: Wendell Sykes
Stroke: Audrey Cronin (Roswell, Ga.)
3: Caroline Law (Bellingham, Wash.)
2: Sami Tyler (Camas, Wash.)
Bow: Jane Doyle (New York, N.Y.)
Cox: Morgan Bradley (Portland, Ore.)

THIRD VARSITY EIGHT (NOVICE EIGHT)
Shell: Title IX Sisterhood
Cox: Sloane Roth (Manhattan Beach, Calif.)
Stroke: Scarlett Shelton (Melbourne, Australia)
7: Camille Hutton (Manson, Wash.)
6: Caitlin Woods (Melbourne, Australia)
5: Makenna Garrett (Renton, Wash.)
4: Finley Stockstad (Tacoma, Wash.)
3: Zoe Keenan (Seattle, Wash.)
2: Grace Sisett (Kelowna, B.C., Canada)
Bow: Claire Rogge (Vancouver, Wash.)

FOURTH VARSITY EIGHT
Shell: Jenni Hogan
Cox: Ella Ryter (Seattle, Wash.)
Stroke: Carly Lauritzen (Nine Mile Falls, Wash.)
7: Victoria Trentin (Melbourne, Australia)
6: Kayla Coates-Robertson (Redmond, Wash.)
5: Liv Ormseth (Vashon Island, Wash.)
4: Marin Maycotte (Austin, Texas)
3: Emma Cronin (Roswell, Ga.)
2: Katharina Stromberg (Seattle, Wash.)
Bow: Ellen Koselka (Ann Arbor, Mich.)